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Post Staff MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin's largest junior golf event, the Wisconsin PGA Junior Championship, will be played Tuesday and Wednesday at Brown Deer and Dretzka Park golf courses. Play will runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All competitors range from 13 to 18 years old. Of the expected 350 players from around the state, one champion from the boys divi- sion and one champion from the girls division will go on to compete at the national PGA Junior Championship in Bryan-College Station, Texas, in July. Only 41 boys and 41 girls will play in the national championship. "We are pleased that the Wisconsin PGA Junior Foundation chose our top Milwaukee County Parks golf courses for this competition," said Chet Hendrickson, golf services manager. "It's an honor for the community to own the courses that these players will see as their stepping stones." Brown Deer Golf Course is located at 7625 N. Range Line Road; Dretzka is at 12020 W. Bradley Road. Aaron Rodgers' best football is behind him. He will not be as good the rest of his career as he has been for the first nine years with the Green Bay Packers. It sounds mean. I'm guessing that Rodgers would challenge the suggestion that he will not be as good in the future as he's been in the past. So be it. It's about as easy a call as picking the winner of the Belmont Stakes after the race. He might win more than one additional Super Bowl in his remaining years. He might have a better playoff record than his 5-4 in his pre-30 years. He's still going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He just can't be as good as he's been. The major reason that Rodgers can't be as good in the future is that no one has ever been that good. His career quar- terback rating is 104.9. So, Rodgers would have to break the 105 mark for the rest of his career to improve on his best- ever mark. The next best career mark is Peyton Manning with 97.2. Manning has actually improved his number since the age of 30 but only because his pre-30 number was so much lower. Drew Brees and Tom Brady have also improved since the age of 30, but again they haven't been close to a quarter- back rating of 105 in that period. So, Rodgers might have been able to improve if he hadn't been so spectacular in his pre-30 sea- sons. Rodgers can't be as good as he's been. Rodgers can't be as good as he's been. Keep it in mind at all times because it emphasizes that any future success will depend on everyone else on the Packers. If the most accurate quarterback ever can win only one Super Bowl before the age of 30, he's not going to win many, or any, after the age of 30 unless those around him are better. *** I would trade one Milwaukee Brewers win for a win in any of the USA games in the World Cup. The Brewers have a chance to make the playoffs, and one game could make the difference in postseason play. The men's soc- cer team is an afterthought in the world's biggest event. One win in a season of 162 games can actually be more important than a win in the World Cup. It's the case when one team is a con- tender and the other is a pre- tender. It might be a small shot at soccer, but it's a much bigger shot at the U.S. soccer team. It's stupid that soccer is a bor- ing sport. I've said it before, and I was wrong. It might be boring to me but that doesn't make it boring to others. It would be just as stupid to deny that soccer interest is growing in the coun- try. Soccer matches from around the world can be seen on cable TV all year. Soccer bars all around the country are success- ful because of the crowds that come for the games. Soccer is the equal of any sport in world. Soccer fans make Packers fans seem docile by comparison. All of those facts don't make the U.S. Men's National Team better than it is. The World Cup isn't that big. *** It's not surprising that the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Finals over the Miami Heat. It is surprising, even shocking, that that the Spurs treated the two- time defending NBA champs like the Milwaukee Bucks. As stated last week, I like everything about LeBron James. It doesn't change the fact that any player that good should be embarrassed to get beaten so badly. It should never happen. June 20, 2014 • Milwaukee County Post • 11 "HOMER" on SPORTS STEVE "The HOMER" TRUE (Steve "The Homer" True, host of "Homer and Gabe Show," heard from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. week- days on 540 ESPN, can be reached at homer@espnmilwaukee.com) Rodgers will need help as QB enters 10th season Wisconsin PGA Junior Championship next week in Milwaukee Photo by Charles Auer/Conley News Service Aaron Rodgers begins his 10th season with the Green Bay Packers. Brewers return home following road trip MILWAUKEE – Scooter Gennett and the first-place Milwaukee Brewers return from a week- long road trip to face the Washington Nationals in a three-game series starting Monday night at Miller Park. The Nationals will be followed into town by the Colorado Rockies for four games. As of press time, the Brewers stood atop the Central Division with a 43-29 record.

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